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Best stool softener available in the UK please

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jennifer_09911
jennifer_09911

Hoping someone can recommend one that works please

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  • Laura3333
    Laura3333 jennifer_09911

    Posted

    Laxido/Movicol/Macrogel - all the same ingredients, just different brands, you need to take one a day every single day to keep things soft, and drink plenty of water. This stool softener absorbs fluid from your tissues and you need to drink a lot to even the balance. It's let my fissure heal up, was recomended by the colo rectal surgeon. Wish Id know about it years ago.

     

  • natasha54195
    natasha54195 jennifer_09911

    Posted

    How are you today ? 

    I swear by Movicol / senna fissure wouldn’t have healed if not for them - guess everyone different - but they are my life saver 👍

    • jennifer_09911
      jennifer_09911 natasha54195

      Posted

      Good morning Natasha

      So far so painful !

      My GP will be ringing me before surgery this afternoon so by the end of the day I should have the movicol

      Any idea what time of day to take ....my bowel movements are in the morning

      Many thanks

    • natasha54195
      natasha54195 jennifer_09911

      Posted

      I’ve tried everything to tame myself to poop at night but don’t work - I drink one in morning and one around 2 I poop in morning 

      If you find pooping to much try 1 and a half - you can mix the both in the water stared leave on fridge and drink throughout day 

      I was prescribed zapain 30/500 I took one and one paracetamol - drs don’t like too prescribed as it’s opiods and can hung us up but one pre poop is fine for me 

      Lots of veggies ! 

      I’m at work if you wondering late reply ! 

      Thoughts are with you - it does get better ! 

      X 

    • jennifer_09911
      jennifer_09911 natasha54195

      Posted

      Thanks Natasha...esp for reponding when you 're in work

      I've got some codeine but have avoided as they're a constipater bit might give them a go when things are really bad

      My problem being vegan is my diet is massively high fibre and before the fissure 3 bms a day was normal for me ...now my bowel seems really sensitive and it's 3 to 5 times a day

      I'm not constipated but every time it's hell....and for hours afterwards which is why I'm hoping the softener helps

      It's so weird discussing my bum with some one I haven't even met but its far too personal to discuss with most people I know...and the incontinence is a definite no no

      It's really helped me not feeling so isolated ...thank you

      I am so fortunate to have an amazingly supportive husband but I am trying to retain SOME dignity !!

  • xmaryx
    xmaryx jennifer_09911

    Posted

    Stool softeners never really worked for me,  but 1/2 cup of canned pumpkin or pumpkin pie filling works like a charm! Some dog owners even give it to their constipated dogs.
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